Judge refuses to close court records in Mandan Catholic school abuse reporting case

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Judge refuses to close court records in Mandan Catholic school abuse reporting case

A South Central District Court judge has denied a request to close court records from public view in the cases of three people who were associated with a Catholic school in Mandan where a teenage male student allegedly committed sexual assaults. Closure petitions were brought by Thomas Hoopes and David and Christine Fleischacker last fall after criminal cases filed against the three for failing to report the alleged assaults were dismissed. At th